As part of efforts to achieve the objectives of the new National Drug Distribution Guidelines, the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has intensified efforts to close down illegal medicine outlets in the country. The enforcement team of PCN has sealed 15 illegal medicine dealers in Bayelsa and Edo States. The PCN, in a statement signed…

As an interim measure to forestall further killings and destruction of farmlands by suspected herdsmen, Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday announced the banning of grazing of any sort in the vast forests and farmlands around Odighi, Owan, Odigwete communities in Ovia North East local council area. Besides, the governor also banned all illegal cattle markets in…

Police Commissioner Johnson Babatunde Kokumo has said that Edo remains the safest state in Nigeria to reside and engage in business activities with ease. Kokumo disclosed this on Wednesday, during a visit to the Chairman of Ovia South-West Local Government Council Area, Comrade Destiny Enabulele. He noted that officers would be sent to the Local…

The various water and sanitation projects being executed by the Edo State Government in partnership with the European Union, under the Niger Delta Support Programme are on course, the European Union- Niger Delta Support Programme Consultant, Engineer Soji Adeyemi, has said. He explained that the Edo State government has an “extensive water sector policy developed…

One person have been shot dead and many others injured at the weekend when suspected thugs allegedly invaded Obagie N’evbuosa community in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo State. The Guardian gathered yesterday that the community has been deserted by residents who fear their attackers may return. The deceased was identified as 42-year-old Sunday Uduware…

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the All Progressives Congress family in congratulating party stalwart and former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on his 65th birthday. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina in Abuja on Tuesday, Buhari felicitated with the foremost labour leader, his family,…

Former militants under the Presidential Amnesty Programme were yesterday implored to engage in meaningful ventures and   develop simple talent or passion for business with a view to earning a livelihood. Facilitators at the Amnesty Empowerment Programme, Arc (Mrs) Patricia Danyil and Managing Director, Nolia Consult Limited, Charles Aibangbee urged the participants undergoing training on…

We Are For Peace And Are Working Towards That - His Royal Highness Oba Okishimede Idogu III (JP). Two very rich agrarian communities in Edo and Ondo States are on the verge of civil unrest. And in an effort to broker peace in the areas, where tension is already high, the Edo State Deputy governor,…

Management of PRESCO Plc and the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Sickle Cell Awareness Golf Tournament Fund Management Committee yesterday donated medical equipment worth millions of naira to the Edo State Sickle Cell Board as part of effort to alleviate the suffering of sickle cell-challenged persons in the state. Receiving the equipment on behalf…

Governor Godwin Obaseki has approved the deployment of 36 patrol vehicles to effectively secure all of the 18 council areas of Edo State. At a stakeholders’ meeting yesterday in Uromi, headquarters of Esan North East Local Council where five persons were lost to herdsmen’s attacks at the weekend, the governor reiterated his earlier directive to…

Herdsmen in Ugboha, Esan South East Local, and Odiguete, Ovia North East Local Government Councils of Edo State have allegedly killed five persons, including a first year student of the Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Collins Ojierakhi.    The Guardian gathered that not less than 12 persons, who sustained injuries, are receiving treatment in various hospitals.…

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, threatened to prosecute farmers who violate the agreement reached in the ongoing Central Bank of Nigeria-backed scheme in the state.     The governor stated this in Ekpoma in Esan West Local Government Area (LGA) and at Irrua in Esan Central LGA during a town hall meeting with farmers.  …